An elevator pitch is a very short description that you can give to a stranger in the span of time it takes to travel on the elevator from one floor to the next. My elevator pitch then is: "Born under a shooting star, two boys form an intense bond that will transcend the cosmic boundaries of time, distance, and maybe even death."
It is a novel, so first of all, it would be classified as fiction, in the most general sense of the word. It also would fit into the genre of LGBTQ+ fiction, since the story deals with two boys' identities, sexual discovery, and difficulties in deciding for themselves who they wanted to be. However, the themes are universal in that the characters are simply trying to figure out their places in the world.
Yes, and no. It is based on my own childhood experiences growing up in Louisville, KY, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and it involves my very close bond with my best friend. Most of the events depicted in the novel did in fact happen to me and to my friend. However, I have played with the timeline considerably, merged people into single characters, softened some of the more brutal details, and deleted some aspects that seemed like emotional detours away from the two protagonists. So, you could think of it as a fictionalized memoir, since it is based on truth, but it is easier to just call it a novel.
No. I was hired in 2010 as a ghost writer on a non-fiction book about a sailing adventure that took place in the early 1960s. I loved the experience of writing their project, and the book got published in 2013. However, the four men who had lived the experience all had different ideas of what their book should be about. They could never agree and in fact kept asking for constant revisions, as they kept changing their minds right up until the publication. I'm proud of what I did with their story, but I can't say I had much say in the final outcome. It was a sad case of too many cooks spoiling the broth.
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